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Spinach Lime Dal

Hello friends,

I am back after a 6 month blogosphere hibernation. I was ill and could not come anywhere near blogs or cooking. It was sudden and hence I could not leave a message here. I hope you will continue visiting as usual...

On to the recipe now...

This is a simple Spinach dal which has been recreated on a lot many blogs till now. I have tweaked my mom's recipe a bit and the result was very good. Instead of using tamarind to add the sour quotient, I used lime juice and I had no complaints.

Recipe:

Spinach - 1 Bunch

Toor Dal - 1/3 Cup

Onion - Half of a medium onion

Green Chilles - 7 to 8

Lime - 1

Asafoetida / Hing - 1/8 Tsp

For seasoning:

Mustard - 1/2 Tsp

Cumin / Jeera - 1/2 Tsp

Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric - 1/8 Tsp

Garlic - 2 cloves crushed

Oil - 1 Tbsp

Wash toor dal and clean spinach. Dice the onion and slit the green chillies. In a pressure cooker, cook together the dal, spinach, onion, green chillies, asafoetida using about a cup of water. Once they are cooked, mash together to a coarse consistency using a wooden/steel ladle or a hand blender. Add salt as per taste. Next, juice the lime and add to the dal. Check for tartness and add according to your taste. Finally for seasoning, heat oil, add the turmeric, mustard seeds, cumin, urad dal and garlic. Wait till the mustard splutters and add to the dal.

welcome back chandrika.....hope you are doing good now....used to keep checking up ....so glad to see your post. we dont add onions to this dish when we make it.and we also add besan to it instead of toor dal.

Hi! Chandrika...The looks delicious..I tried Spinach daal but never thought of adding lime juice...Will definitely try this.Do visit my site also and let me know how you liked it...Thanx again for sharing the recipe.

Glad to see you back chandrika.I love Penne..Dish look delicious.I buy my beads from local vendors and stores like micheals,joann etc.That red coral was from micheals craft store.I have fun making these.Yesterday sold most of the pieces in a local expo..:))